IP7 postcode district
IP7, in the IP (Ipswich) postcode area, has 718 live and 163 terminated postcodes in the ONS Postcode Directory of August 2026, and OS Open Names files 314 roads under it.
| postcode area | IP (Ipswich) |
|---|---|
| live postcodes | 718 |
| terminated postcodes | 163 |
| sectors | 4 |
| roads listed | 314 |
| companies registered | 1,467 |
| centroid | 52.06821, 0.94364 |
| directory release | 2026-08 |
Postcodes and sectors
718 of the district's 881 postcodes are live in the ONS Postcode Directory of August 2026. A postcode directory says whether a code is in use, never who is there. The live postcodes centre on 52.06821, 0.94364, which locates the district, not a building.
| sector | live | terminated |
|---|---|---|
| IP7 5 | 239 | 40 |
| IP7 6 | 253 | 30 |
| IP7 7 | 221 | 32 |
| IP7 9 | 5 | 61 |
Companies registered in IP7
Companies House lists 1,467 companies with a registered office in IP7; 667 of them at addresses shared by 25 or more companies (1 October 2026 snapshot). 25 is the count at which the address lookup reports a company cluster.
Places OS Open Names lists for IP7
- Suffolk
- Eastern
- Babergh
- Hadleigh
- Mid Suffolk
- Bildeston
- Elmsett
- Raydon
- Monks Eleigh
- Hitcham
- Upper Layham
- Kersey
- Nedging Tye
- Whatfield
- Aldham
- Great Bricett
- Milden
- Shelley
- William's Green
- Naughton
- Chelsworth
- Wattisham
- Hadleigh Heath
- Wicker Street Green
Roads filed under IP7
Named roads first, then numbered ones. A road is filed under one district even where it runs through several, so a street missing here may be listed under a neighbouring district — which is why the address lookup never calls a British street absent. Great Britain has no open register of buildings, so a listed road never means a building on it exists.
- Alabaster Close
- Alderman Walk
- Aldham Mill Hill
- Aldham Road
- Alice Parkins Close
- Allen Road
- America Drift
- Angel Street
- Ann Beaumont Way
- Ann Strutt Close
- Ansell Close
- Artiss Close
- Ash Avenue
- Aylward Close
- Back Lane
- Balls Hill
- Banks Close
- Barn Close
- Barnes Close
- Beales Drive
- Becketts Lane
- Beech Circus
- Bell's Meadow
- Benton Street
- Betts Close
- Bildeston Road
- Blenheim Drive
- Blenheim Meadow
- Bluebell Place
- Boswell Lane
- Bourchier Close
- Boxford Road
- Bradfield Avenue
- Bradfield Crescent
- Brent Eleigh Road
- Brett Avenue
- Brettenham Road
- Brett Green
- Bricett Green
- Bridge Street
- Brooksfield
- Brooks View
- Browns Close
- Buckenham Road
- Bugg's Lane
- Bury Road
- Cakebridge Lane
- Calais Street
- Canterbury Gardens
- Carders Close
- Cardman Drive
- Carlton Walk
- Castle Lane
- Castle Rise
- Castle Road
- Causeway Estate
- Cedar Close
- Chamberlin Close
- Chapel Hill
- Chapel Street
all 314 roads
- Chequers Park
- Chestnut Avenue
- Chisnall Close
- Church Farm
- Church Farm Place
- Church Field
- Church Hill
- Churchill Avenue
- Church Lane
- Church Road
- Church Street
- Church View
- Church Walk
- Clay Hill
- Clayhill Lane
- Clay Lane
- Clifford Finch Way
- Clopton Gardens
- Consent Lane
- Coram Street
- Corks Lane
- Corn Hatches Lane
- Cosford Road
- Cottesford Close
- Cranworth Road
- Crockatt Road
- Croft Lane
- Crowcroft Glebe
- Crowcroft Road
- Culphs Lane
- Dairy Road
- Daisyfield
- Delf Close
- Downlands
- Drapers Close
- Drury Lane
- Duke Street
- Dulls Lane
- Dunn Close
- Dunningham Drive
- Dunton Grove
- Durrant Road
- Dux Street
- Dyer Court
- Edrich Place
- Edwin Panks Road
- Elder Crescent
- Embry Crescent
- Emma Girling Close
- Emmerson Way
- Ensor Way
- Fen Lane
- Freeman Close
- Friars Road
- Frog Hall Lane
- Fullers Close
- Gaell Crescent
- Gallows Hill
- Gants Meadow
- Gardeners Close
- Garman Way
- Garrards Road
- Gayford Square
- George Street
- Glanville Road
- Grays Close
- Great Oak Place
- Greengage Close
- Guthrum Road
- Hadleigh Railway Walk
- Hadleigh Road
- Hall Road
- Hares Road
- Harrison Drive
- Hazelwood
- Heron Way
- Higham Hill
- High House Lane
- Highlands Road
- High Street
- High Street Mews
- Hitcham Road
- Holbecks Lane
- Holly Road
- Hook Lane
- Hopper's Lane
- Hudson Way
- Inkerman Close
- Inkerman Terrace
- Ipswich Road
- Ivytree Lane
- Jordayn Rise
- Joseph Close
- Jubilee Meadow
- Keele Close
- Kilnbottom
- King Georges Close
- Ladbrook Close
- Lady Lane
- Lambert Close
- Latham Road
- Layham Road
- Leeks Close
- Lister Road
- Little Hill
- Little Lumpkid
- Long Bessels
- Longcroft Place
- Love Lane
- Lower Byfield
- Magdalen Road
- Maiden Way
- Maltings Meadow
- Malyon Road
- Manor Gardens
- Manor Road
- Maple Close
- Market Place
- Mary Clarke Close
- Matilda Groome Road
- Meadows Way
- Meadow Valley
- Meriton Rise
- Middle Meadow
- Millers Close
- Mill Hill
- Mill Lane
- Mill Road
- Morphew Road
- Muriel Close
- Naughton Road
- Nedging Road
- Needham Lane
- Netham Road
- Newberry Road
- New Cut
- Newhaven Way
- Newlands
- New Road
- Noaks Road
- Northcote Drive
- Offton Road
- Old Orchard
- Orson Walk
- Overbury Hall Road
- Oxford Drive
- Paddocks Way
- Painter Close
- Parsonage Lane
- Partridge Road
- Pine Square
- Pinkney Gardens
- Plum Tree Rise
- Pond Hall Road
- Pope's Green Lane
- Poppy Close
- Pound Hill
- Pound Lane
- Powney Street
- Primrose Gardens
- Priory Meadows
- Pykenham Way
- Queen Street
- Rampling Close
- Ramsey Road
- Rands Road
- Raven Way
- Reason Drive
- Rectory Close
- Rectory Lane
- Red Hill
- Red Hill Road
- Releet Close
- Rookery Road
- Rotheram Road
- Rousies Close
- Rustes Place
- Sarah Rand Road
- Sawyers
- School Close
- Semer Road
- Sewells
- Shearman Road
- Sheckie Meadow
- Sheepden Lane
- Shelley Road
- Silk Mill Close
- Smock Meadow
- Spooners Lane
- Squirrells Mill Road
- Station Road
- Station Yard
- Stockton Close
- Stoke Road
- Stonehouse Road
- Stone Street
- St Peter's
- Sulleys Hill
- Swingleton Green
- Swingleton Hill
- Sycamore Close
- Tankard Farm Close
- Tanner Walk
- Tayler Close
- Tayler Road
- Tenter Close
- The Causeway
- The Drive
- The Green
- The Paddocks
- The Street
- The Water Run
- Threadneedle Street
- Timperley Close
- Timperley Road
- Tinker's Lane
- Toppesfield Close
- Tower Mill Lane
- Union Hill
- Upper Street
- Vale Lane
- Valley Farm Lane
- Valley Road
- Wade's Lane
- Wallow Lane
- Ward Close
- Water Farm Drive
- Water Lane
- Watermill Close
- Watson's Hill
- Wattisham Road
- Weavers Close
- Weir Road
- Wentworth Close
- Whatfield Road
- Wheatfields
- Willow Way
- Wilson Road
- Windings Road
- Windmill Field
- Wolves Farm Lane
- Woodlands
- Woodlands Road
- Woodland Valley
- Woodthorpe Close
- Woodthorpe Road
- Woolner Close
- Wyncoll's Lane
- Yeoman Crescent
- Yeoman Way
- A1071
- A1141
- B1070
- B1115
Check an address in IP7
The same road list through the API, from the outward code alone:
curl "https://spaw.co/api/v1/address/streets?country=GB&postal_code=IP7" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $SPAW_KEY"
Common questions about IP7
- What does an IP7 postcode tell you?
- That the address lies in the IP7 district of the IP (Ipswich) postcode area, and the place OS Open Names most often lists first for its postcodes is Hadleigh. The district alone does not place a street: the inward half of the full postcode narrows the address to one of the district's 718 live postcodes.
Where the counts come from
- ons-postcode-directory · version 2026-08 · Contains ONS, OS and Royal Mail data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Northern Ireland postcodes are excluded: their reuse needs a Land & Property Services licence.
- os-open-names · version 2026-11-01 · Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- uk-companies-house · version 2026-10-01 · Companies House free company data product, Open Government Licence v3.0
What each figure means, and what a district page never says, is set out in Reading a British postcode district page; the glossary defines a postcode district, a postcode area, a postcode directory and a street register.
Data synced on 2026-11-01: the newest version among the datasets listed above.
Districts nearest IP7
- IP89.3 km
- IP213.3 km
- IP113.4 km
- IP613.4 km
- CO1015.2 km
- CO816.1 km
- IP416.2 km
- IP1416.5 km
- IP916.5 km
- CO1116.7 km
- IP317.0 km
- IP3017.1 km
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